Boko Haram fighters
Abubakar said: “My message to the insurgents is simple; it is either they give up their insurgency or they are going to face the force. We are putting together everything in place and we hope that they will keep to this advice and surrender their arms. They can come up so that we can bring this operation to an end, if not, the consequences will be terribly unbearable.”
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He noted that it is not only an air force war but that it is also a war that is jointly fought by all the forces pointing that the responsibility of the air force is to make it easy for the surface forces to move around to conduct their operation without any hindrance.
The chief of air staff said that it is a very coordinated operation between the air elements and the land elements and adding that it was the reason why the result of the coordination is beginning to be feasible.
He said that the significance of the exercise was to keep the minds and body of officers and men fit and ready to combat insurgency.
Abubakar said: “In trying times such as now, you need not only a sound mind but you also need a very sound body. Certainly, somebody that has weak body is not likely to do well in the battle, so it is an opportunity for us to remind ourselves that we have very trying times.
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“We have challenges and responsibilities as members of the Nigerian Air Force and you cannot do that with only a sound mind, you need a sound body as well. We are likely going to introduce additional exercise that will keep our men in good shape so that they are able to discharge their constitutional responsibilities without any difficulties,’’ the chief of air staff said.”
The Nigerian army had also on their part called for more collaboration between traditional leaders in the Northeast of the country and other security forces so as to root out insurgency.